Never played a Souls game before. >What am I in for? >Any tips for beginners? >Was it worth what I paid?>Are the other Souls games better? How?>Heard the game is kind of obtuse in its explanation of mechanics, should I consult some sort of guide before playing?>Any suggestions for stats, builds, etc.?>Any general comments for someone about to attempt to get into Souls?

If you're wearing enough armor to go over 50% of your maximum equipment burden, your dodge roll will be much slower than if you were under 50% of your maximum equip burden.Luck is pretty much a dump stat, don't bother investing in it.If you're having troubles in one area, try another, once you beat the very first level you have four more areas to choose from.Pay attention to the "stat bonus" when you're looking at a weapon's information, it tells you how much the weapon's damage will scale to your stats.

Magic is pretty overpowered as you can easily farm items that replenish your mana. Honestly melee is the most fun but whatever, it is up to you. But magic is generally boring in the game.It can be useful for flying enemies but you could switch to a bow.

>>292794682This is one of those games where you need to experience it by knowing as little as possible. Just jump in and enjoy the ride.The only tip I can give you is be persistent and don't give up, no matter how frustrating the game might become. Never look up any walkthroughs etc. Your reward will be one of the best games of the past 10, maybe even 15 years.

Take everything one step at a time, don't attempt to fight too many enemies at once, they become overwhelming very fast. Get used to dying in order to learn what NOT to do. Picking up your bloodstain allows you to retain what you had before you died, dying again before getting it means you officially lost it all. There are sections and bosses that seem completely impossible at first, they can be done with enough practice. Hardest Souls game IMO, but not really the best either. Haven't played a souls game I didn't like, but this game was tormentingly difficult in a lot of places.

I started a new character once it went on sale, hoping the online community comes back to life a little. Some faggot invaded me at the stonefang mines yesterday. We duked it out with bastard swords. He tried to run, then I backstsbbed him, I know it was one of you fuckers.

Check your corners and be prepared for anything. The game is designed to play off your expectations, and you'll probably die a few times thinking you know what you're doing based on past games experiences.

>>292796717in my humble opinionDark Souls is better in terms of gameplay, equipment, and healing itemsDemon's souls has better music, NPC's, level design, attire, enemies, bosses, other items, only slightly worse combat (if only for not having what Dark Souls added), better pacing, better story, better lore, it's an all around better gamethe other two aren't even souls games, but you should play them nonetheless

>>292796717The gameplay mechanics are really the one consistent thing in the series. Bloodborne has a completely different atmosphere and a limited weapon selection and no magic. Otherwise identical to DeS and DS + DSII

>>292796860God this game's designs look so fucking cool, can't wait to see the enemies>>292796881>>292797184Oh I forgot about the online component, is it always online?>>292796884I'm ready for that, just really excited for a solid challenging action RPG to get into>>292797025Interesting. From that description it seems like I'll probably like Demon's more, just because of how much I value the stuff you listed under it>>292797227Cool, I'm excited to get into Dark Souls as well after this

>>292797404it's always online if you let it bethere's also world and player modifiers called TendencyWorld tendency changes how you interact with the world, if you're white world tendency, the game will be easier, but you can only get WWT by not dyingBlack world tendency makes the game harder, and can only be attained by dying a lotcharacter tendency is what happens when you're a good person, black character tendency happens when you invade a lot and kill NPC'sWCT occurs, I believe when performing tasks for some NPCs (I think) and killing bossesit's kind of a pain in the ass, and many fans are glad it's gone, but you'll probably have neutral tendency for the whole gamegood luck

>>292797993oh alsoWorld tendency, when you play online, can be affected by other players, whether you interact with them or notcharacter tendency can only be changed by yousome parts of the story/items/equipment/areas can only be accessed if a certain tendency is had when you reach it

>>292796717>Also how does this compare to the other Souls games in terms of gameplay mechanics, atmosphere etc.?It's the first game in the psuedoseries, so obviously the gameplay has been improved upon. Other than that, it's hard to compare. Dark Souls is basically the same game, but with improvements made to a lot of it.

Demon's Souls is still my favorite, though, because it's the only one where weapon scaling is good and there is no above and beyond OP weapon.

>>292798947But it's matched or outclassed in damage by a bunch of other weapons, like the Northern Regalia or Blueblood or DBS, or fully upgraded Great Axe and Claymore, and then there's always 2kat. Plus you can't upgrade it.

It's great, but there are a bunch of outstanding weapons that it's hard to pick one as the absolute best.

There's an extremely difficult boss named the Flamelurker that's a nightmare to fight solo because he likes making lunging attacks that create explosions and he's on fucking fire (so don't touch him too much, dipshit). I recommend bringing spells or at least magic damage to the fight if you can't get a summon.I bring him up because once you defeat him, give his soul to Blacksmith Ed (you should of found him while exploring the first section of the level), and you'll be able to make weapons out of boss souls. If you're using Dex weapons, try and get your hands on the Scraping Spear (can break enemy equipment, perfect for being an asshole in PvP) or Large Sword of Searching ( significantly increases discovery rate, making luck useless), and for strength weapons there's the Meat Cleaver (absorbs enemy HP upon strike, appropriate for a tom and jerry style giant butcher knife) and the Dozer Axe (Just really fuckhuge and does ridiculous amounts of damage)

If you get invaded by somebody with some sort of spiky spear take off all your shit those guys are assholes invading solely for sadistic pleasure and will break all your shit before toying with you to death.

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